Home DIY oil pan gasket N52 engine! BMW E90 328i

[@2THXTRM]

Time to dig a service pit in my yard! :-)

[@blahblahvideox-p1589]

Your funny

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[@davionralph8315]

@Dustin Franco instablaster :)

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[@oscarramirez5632]

No 90 degrees? How did it end up working out for you in the long run?

[@一流浪者]

Great job! I will replace it on my baby next week. Thank you for sharing your video 😊😊

[@t-rexautovlog3404]

You made it look so simple, i hope you made it into a tutorial for other guys like us who wants to learn. Thank you

[@WarpDriveM]

In fact if you put the car SAFELY on jack stands and install the engine support correctly after that is quite simple.

[@nomkass3647]

T-REX AutoVlog ok

[@randombp76]

Incredible job! Thanks for sharing. Explained very well. Extra credit for oil pit in the driveway. Very nice.

[@WarpDriveM]

Thank you. It was a hard job but it was well worth it. I have a video on my channel on how I've made my inspection pit.

[@user-eg7lc1xx5w]

Superb, a job well done. Thanks for posting.

[@firasalwakeel5365]

Well done! On my to do list this summer. Can you please share the torque spec and the bolt torque sequence? Awesome job!

[@rodrigovalencia2764]

Outstanding video @Warp Drive M !!👏🏼 This video is truly helpful and I appreciate you making it so clear and easy to follow. Explanation is great and great video shots. Thank you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@simplelangperorock]

Amazing! I love your sniper bunker there

[@WarpDriveM]

Ha ha thx. Best investment 👌 done

[@tcullen5895]

Thanks for posting. Great video. Wish I had the pit at my place.

[@morales232002]

Best Video. Very helpful. So cool to have a service pit.

[@borizh]

Great video! I’m using it as guidance to do the work on my 335i... and I’ve been thinking how to dig an oil pit like yours!

[@Fraishe]

Good job man, great vid

[@404TRUCKERTV]

Lol, you have a pit in your yard, how nice!

[@WarpDriveM]

Yes. It's the best investment so far. You can see here how I've done it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/in_IhIyid7d3hbc

[@brianw338]

Great job my friend. Great job. Thank you for posting

[@tarasm7850]

Great job and video! How dirty was the oil pan inside? I saw your previous videos on sludge inside valve cover. I have similar sludge problem and planning to clean valve cover in a similar way, but I'm a bit concern about being able to do this job with sub frame and oil pan. If you had no leak, do you think it worst doing all that work just to clean the sludge that you've seen?

[@XtaticVideo]

I have got same ratchet and scissors 😀

[@josethflores365]

I have the tools but I don’t have a jack to lift the engine

[@trade1713]

Well done!

[@ysosrsss102]

Took me 3 days to do this. It still was losing oil. Turned out, it is just burning it. Dangerous job. Be careful.

[@luck7701]

@@user-ie4kp7ni9d lmao.

[@petershanle9675]

Big job

[@simplelangperorock]

Hey chief, Do you think steps will be different on an 328i xDrive e90?

[@WarpDriveM]

Yes. Not more different but you have to remove the front diff and the axels. The right one goes through the oil pan

[@z4funkdreamer986]

where did you put sealant exactly under or above the gasket dirko is a great sealant ? do you need to let it dry before fitting the oil pan or did you fit it immediately what do you think about permatex sealant as i don’t know if dirko is available here in france

[@L-Noble.YT_Hi.Res-Soundminds]

Permatex is good. I have used plenty. Put silicone gasket maker on both sides of gasket, very very thin bead on both sides between rubber ridge on the gasket. Permatex you do not need to wait. Apply to the gasket and install the gasket and tighten oil pan. No worries by the time you finish putting the car back together it is good to go. Just put the new oil last. 👍

[@mrdiptM3]

When that jack fell over 😂😅

[@WarpDriveM]

Yep, luckily the car was stable on two 4 tons jack stands and the one that felt off was only to lift the hub on the wheel. Safety first! 😬😅

[@borizh]

I think it’s interesting that you also applied a sealant... which sealant did you use that can perform at the operating oil temp?

[@Tritont325i]

It was applied for application, he used it As glue, not a secondary gasket.

[@borizh]

@@Tritont325i yes, I understand. I was just curious as far as which sealant he used. I didn’t use any and no leaks yet.

[@Tritont325i]

@@borizh you’re not supposed to use any sealant at all, the gasket should do just fine

[@superspeeder]

@@Tritont325i - said the BMW Engineers, now every E90 has a leaky oil pan.

[@L-Noble.YT_Hi.Res-Soundminds]

You can hold the gasket with two tie straps on each corner to hold it on place you don't have to tighten them all the way just enough to locate the gasket. Then when you hand tighten at least two of the bolts just cut then off and finish putting the rest of the bolts for the pan. You can use a very thin bead of silicone sealant on both sides of the gasket in the middle of it between the two rubber ridges on both sides. Remember thin is the key, you don't need excessive because once the gasket compresses the sealer will squish and you don't want a silicone mess and you don't want any to go in the oil pan. You can use any color rtv silicone gasket made for oil but I would use the red high temp silicone. More heat protection is better. The OEM gasket is rubber and fall apart after a while. If your gonna go thru all this trouble might as well make it last longer with no oil leak. Hope that helps. You definitely want to take your time and do it right.

[@blahblahvideox-p1589]

Great job

[@DG-od4si]

nice video

[@Ingris1441]

I am going to hate myself when I do this on my car

[@whyimustusemyrealname3801]

at what kilometers I expect to change this oil pan gasket?

[@WarpDriveM]

N52 engines have this problem after 120.000 km al most all of them

[@wjohnsonism]

Just bought a 2011 with the N52. Mine has 94,000 miles and from what I can tell it has been leaking for at least the last 10,000 miles. Doing this job next week.

[@whyimustusemyrealname3801]

@@wjohnsonism good luck bro, document it if you can

[@Apabilliardnewwave]

How long was the complete job?

[@WarpDriveM]

Not sure but i think about 4 hours

[@Apabilliardnewwave]

Warp Drive M thanks👍🏼

[@erenix3909]

great job! how many miles on that e90?

[@WarpDriveM]

Aprox 90.000 mls

[@Hot80s]

cheap oil ja? jajaja. Good video broheim.

[@damonmattheus5981]

What?

[@dhibbard0824]

This looks like the most ridiculous oil pan gasket job I've ever seen. 😂

[@WarpDriveM]

It kinda is....

[@dhibbard0824]

@@WarpDriveMWas thinking of buying one of these. This vid made me rethink that.

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[@sarbachan8823]

@ 14:00 minutes in the video are we looking at that black-plastic-tit-looking-thing. What is it ? Does it suck the oil into the system ? I pulled a bunch of hose like material out of there. It was fragmented stuff. Maybe it was an old oil filter, from before I got the car. The car ran fine before I started this leaking-oil-project. Your video is the only one I remember giving a good visual on the stuff behind the oil pan. Thanks. I wish I could show a picture of the stuff I pulled out of the tit-thing.

[@sarbachan8823]

I got it, the tit is the oil pull, to the pump. Now what was the material ? 2006 N52, 132,000 miles.

[@WarpDriveM]

That's the oil pick up pipe. It's a hard plastic.

[@sarbachan8823]

@@WarpDriveM can I have your email ? And then I can send a pic of the material I pulled from the oil pick up pipe. I should be glad the oil was able to get through.

[@WarpDriveM]

Contact me on facebook Instagram or twitter @warpdrivem

[@robhughes8516]

Sar Bachan the material you pulled out of there was from an old shredded drive belt. Bad design in these, oil leaks develop from the oil filter housing gasket and drips down onto the drive belt, drive belt slips and gets pulled in through the front main seal and ends up in your oil pan. This must’ve happened to the person that owned it before you.

[@TB-qk2ym]

Are you kidding me? I hope those pieces of wood and cinder blocks work out for you chief.....

[@WarpDriveM]

The car was sitting on 3T jack stands and the wooden blocks were extra just in case.

[@areebhaque991]

World class butchers fixing bmws

[@warpdrive_m]

Not sure what you mean by that?! He did a really good job. You need to check the other videos to see that he knows what he's doing...

[@michaelstark777]

1,200 job at a mechanic shop.

[@borizh]

Great video! I’m using it as guidance to do the work on my 335i... and I’ve been thinking how to dig an oil pit like yours!

[@PRINCE-ve7hb]

Good job ! Thanks